About: Devon Boorman

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Devon Boorman is the Co-Founder and Director of Academie Duello Centre for Swordplay, which has been active in Vancouver, Canada since 2004. Devon’s expertise centres on the Italian swordplay tradition including the arts of the Renaissance Italian rapier, sidesword, and longsword, as well as knife and unarmed techniques.

Posts by Devon Boorman :

• How to Do Slow Sparring Effectively by Devon Boorman April 5, 2018 in Adult Swordplay & Personal Development & Programs
• Lots of Practice, Not Perfect Practice by Devon Boorman March 29, 2018 in Personal Development & Programs
• The 5 Minutes Per Day Practice Regimen by Devon Boorman March 26, 2018 in Personal Development & Programs
• Revisiting the Harms of Unsolicited Help by Devon Boorman March 1, 2018 in News
• Exposure is the Key to Deeper Learning by Devon Boorman February 22, 2018 in Personal Development & Programs
• Student Trials: Examination and Initiation by Devon Boorman February 15, 2018 in Adult Swordplay & Programs
• Advice from the 30 for 30 Swordplay Challenge by Devon Boorman February 8, 2018 (October 8, 2024) in Personal Development & Programs
• Making Tournaments Useful in Mastery by Devon Boorman February 1, 2018 in Adult Swordplay & Programs
• Inspiration not Competition by Devon Boorman January 25, 2018 in Personal Development & Programs
• Why Do Martial Arts by Devon Boorman January 18, 2018 in Adult Swordplay & Personal Development & Programs
• The Stages of Ignorance in Mastery by Devon Boorman January 11, 2018 in Personal Development & Programs
• Happy New Year & New Year Challenge by Devon Boorman January 2, 2018 in Community & Events
• Merry Christmas from Academie Duello by Devon Boorman December 25, 2017 in Community & Events
• 3 Injury Prevention Tips for Rapier Fighters by Devon Boorman December 21, 2017 (October 8, 2024) in Adult Swordplay & Programs
• Why Is the Rapier Part of Our System? by Devon Boorman December 14, 2017 in Adult Swordplay & Personal Development & Programs
• Training to Relax for the Very Tense by Devon Boorman December 7, 2017 in Personal Development & Programs
• Three Things to Say to Yourself and Your Students by Devon Boorman November 30, 2017 in Personal Development
• Revisiting A Post on Help and Failure by Devon Boorman November 23, 2017 in Personal Development & Programs